Forest Stand Management (10cr)
Course unit code: 6M00CP17
General information
- Credits
- 10 cr
Objectives
The student:
-knows the principles and practices of managing forests
- knows the regulations and recommendations concerning forest stand management and knows how to take them into account when managing the forest
-knows how to measure trees and to estimate stand volumes
-knows how to estimate the area of a forest stand on the map and in the field
-knows statistical mean values and can define forest stand mean values
-knows how to estimate the amount of removal of a thinning
Content
Different alternatives of stand management and their implementation. Use of thinning models. Management of nutrients and forest fertilization. Main regulations concerning forest stand management. Financial subsidy system of young stand management. Recommendations for silviculture and nature management. Measuring of standing trees and stand evaluation.